Andrew Hall is a retired psychotherapist who has tried his hand at a myriad of occupations; an electrician, HR management, industrial engineering, a safety officer on drill rigs among many others and for most of his life he has played and taught music. He lives in Krugersdorp to the west of Johannesburg in South Africa. Andrew is an avid Natal Sharks rugby supporter who, in his words, ‘dares to live in Blue Bull territory’. The Crimson Thistle is his first novel. He is in the process of writing a sequel; Blood of the Thistle.